Moving Museum Collections course begins April 4
Are you planning a remodel, new storage, or a new building and will need
to move all or part of your collection? Don't wait until the last
minute. Join Instructor Lori Benson, veteran of three large scale museum
collection moves, for the 4 week online course Moving Museum Collections.
This course provides an overview of how to plan and manage a move to
avoid the many pitfalls. The course will help you define the scope of
your project, develop a work plan and schedule, prepare a communication
scheme, define proposals for vendors, choose equipment, estimate costs,
identify hazards, organize staffing, and establish packing techniques
and standards. Whether you are moving across the hall or across town,
Moving Museum Collections will provide a guide for a successful move.
For more information visit our website:
https://www.museumstudy.com/moving-museum-collections
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management begins April 4
Join Gretchen Anderson Carnegie Museum of Natural History Conservator
and author of the Integrated Pest Management section of Museum
Registration Methods Sixth Edition for the 4 week course Introduction to
Integrated Pest Management. Silverfish will eat your paper materials,
moths will eat your woolens and feather objects, mice will gladly nest
in anything they can! How can you protect the collection in your care
from this very real and very serious threat? Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) is a holistic approach, using low-toxicity strategies to manage
the threat. This online course explores the foundation of knowledge
needed to solve pest problems in a myriad of situations that might be
encountered in cultural institutions.
For more information visit
https://www.museumstudy.com/introduction-to-integrated-pest-management